Hi, I bought a Victor Brave Sword 11 from Badminton Warehouse a while ago and was just wondering if it is fake. Here's some pictures.
It should be fine. Badminton Warehouse gets their stock of rackets from Victor International (Germany) which would explain the DE shaft code. No guarantees though.
http://www.badmintoncentral.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=119087&stc=1&d=1332897771 is the letter 'L' is missing from the word 'balance' on the cone?
Wow, good catch. Though that could just be a normal manufacturing variation, everything else about the racket looks fine.. o_o
I'm really strongly considering just going for it and buying a BS11 from BW to see if it's real and figure this stuff out once and for all. That way at least I'll be able to compare it directly to my US coded one. If everything is fine, then I'll have my backup piece all set. Afraid that my money will go to waste though..